"Damn it! Didn't you swear you'd made every possible preparation and would never let anything like this happen?!" the director roared, beside himself with anger.
"Director, we really did prepare for everything. We even planted powerful explosives inside Thirteen to ensure we could destroy it completely if it went out of control..." the researcher said miserably.
"Then detonate them!" the director said through gritted teeth.
Ever since hearing that Thirteen's latest abnormal activity might have unknown global consequences, he had understood how serious the situation was. As for his angina, there was no avoiding the pain now...
"But... this force-field shield can actually block wireless signals..."
The director: "..."
Then why the hell did you mention them if they're useless?!
"What about continuously attacking it to drain its energy? With a core component that size, it can't have much reserve power, can it?" Jay ventured.
"We kept trying before you arrived, but we still don't understand the defensive properties of its force-field shield. At the very least, ordinary attacks have practically no effect.
"Also, although its internal energy source is small, its energy density is terrifying-far beyond nuclear energy, at least. We suspect it's some new energy material we've never encountered before!" the researcher replied.
"A new energy material?! Then could we use more powerful offensive weapons?" the director asked.
"Well... we can't move Thirteen right now, and this facility prevents us from bringing in heavy weaponry..."
"Damn it!" the director shouted angrily, slamming his fist onto the table.
"Then can you assess exactly what effect it will have on Earth?" Jay suddenly asked.
"Well... Director, as you know, when we first discovered Thirteen, we thought it was a graviton collection device. We then used an external emitter to give those collected gravitons a simple directional excitation.
"The principle was